School: Medford High School (Graduates - 1961)

Contact: R. Lipprandt
Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Abrahmson, Albrecht, Ammentorp, Bach, Baumgartner, Bednarek, Benn, Berglund, Bielewicz, Boeck, Bohte, Brandner, Bruening, Brunner, Buehler, Cardinal Carstensen, Cherney, Conachen, Cone, Damm, Danen, Dassow, DeJong, Demel, Deruytter, Dietzler, Dowden, Drolshagen, Duaime, Egle, Emmer, Etten, Faude, Feddick, Fisher, Fleischman, Freiberg, Frey, Gardner, Gebert, Gelhaus, Gilles, Goessl, Graffunder, Graves Grinker, Haizel, Hamrick, Harden, Hauser, Henkel, Hessing, Hirsch, Hoffman, Hofman, Holtz, Jaworski, Jensen, Johnson, Kampe, Kellner, Klaus, Klickman, Krausse, Kress, Krohn, Krueger, Kulas, Kuryla, Kuse, LaFontaine, Laher, Lamberty, Lange, Larson, Laub, Leischer, Long, Ludwig, Lukewich, Mahla, Malchow, Marti, Matson, Mauer, Mayer, McGuire, McNamar, Meschefske, Messmann, Metz, Meyer, Mikulencak, Miller, Moore, Mueller, Nehiba, Niland, Nowak, Oldham, Olson, Paul, Paur, Paustenbach, Pesko, Pflughoeft, Piller, Pinsch, Pleus, Pernsteiner, Querin, Rasmussen, Rauscher, Retzer, Richwalski, Roberts, Rohrick, Ronca, Ruesch, Sacho, Saltzman, Scheurell, Schield, Schoepke, Schuster, Schwarz, Seidl, Sigmund, Sivulka, Smedegard, Spanbauer, Spurgin, Staab, Strebig, Steinbach, Stewart, Strebig, Tappe, Thaldorf, Thompson, Tlusty, Tomczyk, Tompkins, Underwood, Vach, Vandenberg, Vircks, Vlach, Vogt, Way, Weibel, Werner, Westrich, White, Widvey, Wild, Wilson, Wirtz, Wrede, Wuethrich, Young , Zenker, Ziemer

----Source: Medford High School 1961 ‘Raider’ Yearbook

Board of Education: E. Ruesch, E. Pries, R. Steenhoven, T. Olson, Werner Pflughoeft, Harold Jentzsch (President), G. Kuse, R. Olsen

Superintendent of Schools: Orvus Dodsworth

Principal: James Fricke

Guidance Director: Stan Schuerman

Faculty: Ralph Abrahmson (Band), Ray Ammentorp (General Science & Coaching), George Bruening (Advanced Algebra, Trig., Geometry & Coaching), Donald Conachen (Industrial Arts), Hugo DeJong (Agriculture), Clarice Deruytter (Girl’s Phy. Ed.), Richard Duaime (Sophomore English & Spanish), Foster Freiberg (Bookkeeping, Advanced Bookkeeping, General Business & Record Keeping), Geraldine Jaworski (Secretarial Science, Typing & Short Hand), Rose Mary Klaus ( 7, 8, Freshman, Sophomore Home Ec. & Art), Brian Kulas (Coaching & Boy’s Phy. Ed.), Ted Kuryla (History), Lester Mahla (Chorus), Lucille Niland (American Problems), Albert Pesko (Chemistry & General Science), James Rasmussen (Biology & Drivers Ed.), Francis Rauscher (Industrial Arts), Robert Retzer (Physics, Higher Algebra, Algebra & Attendance), James, Ronca (English & History), Roland Sacho (Biology), Walter Schoepke (Freshman English), James Stewart (Typing & Clerical Practice), Alberta Thaldorf (Sophomore English), Lulu Tompkins (Librarian), Marian Vandenberg (Senior English & Journalism), Sybil Widvey (Sophomore, Junior, Senior Home Ec.), Warren Wilson (Junior English), Gene Wirtz (Mathematics & Coaching), Andrew Young (History & Geography)

School Staff: E. Benn (Bus Driver), D. Cone (Bus Driver), J. Fisher (Bus Driver), Tony Fleischman (Maintenance), G. Gebert (Bus Driver), C. Harden (Maintenance), Elaine Hoffman (Secretary), L. Krueger (Bus Driver), E. Long (Bus Driver), O. Roberts (Bus Driver), Betty Seidl (Secretary), L. Strebig (Bus Driver), John Werner (Bus Driver), F. Ziemer (Maintenance)

Class Officers: President, Kathleen Ann LaFontaine, Vice President, Justin Joseph Hauser, Secretary, Shirley Ann Pernsteiner, Treasurer, David Patrick Paustenbach

National Honor Society: Lorna Lou Albrecht, Michael Matthew Bielewicz, Kathleen Marie Boeck, Frances Ann Buehler, George Ernest Damm, Joyce Ann Dassow, Dorothy Ann Gelhaus, Arthur Edward Graves, Bonita Kathryn Krohn, Eileen Mae Krueger, Kathleen Ann LaFontaine, Howard Bruce Larson, James Albert Nehiba, Myra Lorraine Paur, Shirley Carol Schwarz, Nancy Catherine Sigmund, Gary Allen Steinbach,

Graduates: Lorna Lou Albrecht

Gordon Herbert Bach, Charlotte Eleanor Baumgartner, Mary Margaret Bednarek, Charles William Berglund, Michael Matthew Bielewicz, Kathleen Marie Boeck, Frank Joseph Bohte, Monica Ann Brandner, Carol Jean Brunner, John Allen Brunner, Keith Myron Brunner, Frances Ann Buehler

Lyle Allan Cardinal, Jerrell Lee Carstensen, Judith Mary Cherney

George Ernest Damm, Margaret Ann Danen, Thomas Edward Danen, Everett Del Dassow, Jean Mae Dassow, Joyce Ann Dassow, Karon Ann Dassow, Marjorie Sue Dassow, Mary Ellen Deml, Nancy Jo Dietzler, Kenneth Todd Dowden, John August Drolhagen

Rita Mae Egle, Mary Therese Emmer, Kenneth James Etten

Wayne Roger Faude, Raymond Arnold Feddick, Dorothy Anne Heier Frey, Sandra Lee Frey

Margaret Maxine Gardner, Dorothy Ann Gelhaus, Michael Frank Gilles, Norbert Joseph Goessl, Donna Mae Graffunder, Arthur Edward Graves, Thomas Edward Grinker

Linda Lou Haizel, Ronald Gordon Hamrick, Justin Joseph Hauser, Russel Allen Henkel, Thomas Gerald Hessing, Ann Marie Hirsch, Beatrice Joan Hoffman, Larry Gene Holtz

Barry Lynn Jensen, Barbara Mae Johnson

Brigitte Erika Kampe, Donald Lee Kellner, Wayne Ralph Klickman, Elaine Leona Krausse, Judith Margaret Kress, Bonita Kathryn Krohn, Eileen Mae Krueger

Kathleen Ann LaFontaine, Shirley Margaret Laher, Roy James Lamberty, Daniel Lee Lange, Gene Louis Lange, Howard Bruce Larson, Lucille Christine Laub, Gerald Edward Leischer, Patricia Ann Ludwig, Shirley Rose Lukewich

David Lowell Malchow, Allen Frederick Marti, Irene Jane Matson, Larry Roger Muer, Dennis Clarence Mayer, Sandra Pat McGuire, Mona Rae McNamar, Alan Art Meschefske, Marlene Ann Messmann, Carol Ann Metz, David Joseph Metz, James Bruce Metz, James Lorin Metz, Bonita Jean Meyer, Ruth Maomi Mikulencak, Norman Allen Miller Jr., Phllis Louise Moore, James Allen Mueller, Wesley Wayne Mueller

James Albert Nehiba, Galen George Nowak

Michael Ray Oldham

Daniel Raymone Paul, Myra Lorraine Paur, David Patrick Paustenbach, Shriley Ann Pernsteiner, Katherine Mary Piller, Albert Charles Pinsch, Patrick Lee Pleus

James David Querin

Carol Mae Richwalski, Diane Marie Rohrick, Darla Mae Ruesch, Donald Robert Ruesch, Donna Lee Ruesch, Mark Edwin Ruesch, Sharon Marie Ruesch

Gretchen Sue Saltzman, Rachel Ann Saltzman, Gerald Roger Saltzman, Robert Joseph Scheurell, Dennis Irwin Schield, Lee Dale Schulter, Shirley Carol Schwarz, Nancy Catherine Sigmund, Marcella Marie Sivulka, Patricia Ann Smedegard, Jeanette Rose Spanbauer, Harlin Nelson Spurgin, Gail Elaine Staab, Gary Allen Steinbach, David James Strebig, Nancy Marie Strebig

John Walter Tappe, Michael Lewis Thompson, Jerome Peter Tlusty, Theodore Harold Tlusty, Glenn Francis Tomczyk

Larry Clinton Underwood

Helen Margaret Vach, Barton Charles Vircks, Vernon Raymond vlach, Raymond Louis Vogt

James Albert Way, Ruth Ann Weibel, Michelle Lee Werner, Dorene Fay Westrich, Robert Charles White, Elizabeth Henrietta Will, Rosemary Ann Wrede, Frederick Lee Wuethrich

Beverly Mae Zenker